204 Responses to “Show #194: Big Week on the Field Overshadows the Trade that Was Not”

Braves pitchers have an active streak of 52 innings in which they have given up 0 or 1 runs. Last time they gave up 1+ runs in an inning was when Jose Reyes hit a 2-run HR vs Hudson in the 2nd inning last Tuesday night.

I like this deal, but good god I feel bad for Medlen. In the bullpen at the beginning of the year, out of the bullpen in AAA, In the bullpen AGAIN when he comes back up, BACK out of the bullpen on Tuesday, and I assume he’s going back in the pen now that we’ve got Maholm.

Though Hanson worries me and I like Medlin, he is unproven THIS year as a starter. He HAS proven his value coming in from the pen… I would feel comfortable with him starting, IF we had not obtained Maholm

OBTW – Maholm gives us a second lefty in the rotation and the deal sweetens our bench…

“He’ll start tomorrow and we’ll re-evaluate and see where we go. The thing about Medlen, he really has been a valuable guy and as we’ve contemplated the start the last four days, we’ve been in situations where he would have been very valuable in the games. So it was pretty obvious that we missed him. But I’ll let Fredi and Roger and they’ll figure out exactly how we’ll configure going forward. It’s a possibility it’s just one start.”

Yep. Meds is going back to the pen. Poor kid — what the hell does he have to do to at least get a chance to prove himself? Oh yeah, one spot start

Hammy, I’m so pleased you got “Hurt.” I was afraid it wouldn’t come off.

I’m too exhausted to go over all the points made at me, so I’ll just concede on all counts. Sometimes I just like to hear myself talk. Then I look back at what I said and just shake my head. Anyway, I don’t hate the organization.

What a game! I loved it. We had great seats (My LORD, the prices…). A bummer that it was such a blowout I didn’t see Kimbrel, but it was also fun to be relaxed for so much of the game with the outcome in hand. Heyward’s homer, awesome. Chipper’s double, awesome. I’ve yet to look at the incredible throw to nail Reyes, so I don’t know if he was really out. I may never look. They showed it late on the jumbotron and named it play of the game, but I still couldn’t tell.

Did Tommy look as lucky on TV as he did from 112L? Avilan appears to suck. Even his outs were hit hard.

20 ounces of coke. $4.75. That’s fair.

Now I have to go geek out over the Johnson & Maholm pick up. Sounds like a fair deal, and a helpful one. Makes me absolutely sick for Medlen, though.

I tried to comment from the Ted, but even though my phone would bring up the site, it wouldn’t let me comment. Prob’ly my phone. It said “Name” and “Mail” and all that, but they were just words on the screen, no boxes. But it was nice to look at it and see the shout out from Anne.

Also, on the google result for Atlanta Baseball Talk, “Bubdylan” is one of the top tags. I probably should slow it down?

Wow. Didn’t see all the trade stuff last night. On the surface, looks like a great deal. Not only the SP and bench help, but it also bolsters the bullpen by keeping Medlen there. I know it sucks personally for Medlen, but this helps the team in a lot of ways.

On a side note, I’m on vacation this week in southern FLA about 3 hours north of Miami. We were out to dinner last night I this area with a ton of outdoor restaurants and bars. TVs everywhere. Everywhere. And not a single one showing the Marlins. The Olympics were prevalent. But not a single person asked the bartender to put on the Marlins? Not good.